Cigarette-holder.



R. WALLENSTEIN.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1915.

' Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

MAM.

Ill llll RALPH WALLENSTEIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CIGARETTE-HOLDER.

Application filed March 5, 1915.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RALPH WALLENSTEIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigarette- Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to cigarette holders and has for its primaryobject to provide a simple and eflicient holder or case especiallydesigned for containing cigarettes and including a pair of oppositelyopening spring actuated lid or cover sections, which, when open, exposethe ends of the cigarettes, on which is marked the brand thereof.

Another object is to provide a cigarette holder or case including aspring actuated presser or clamping bar designed to engage thecigarettes intermediate their ends to hold them against loose movementwithin the holder.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will behereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which: v

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly broken away of thecigarette holder. Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view on theline 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a fragmental sectional view takenat right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a fragmental sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 2 illustrating the actuating spring for the presser barand hinged cover section in detail, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectionalview on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral5 indicates generally the body of the cigarette holder or case which isof substantially fiat hollow formation and provided with an upper openend. If desired, the case may be slightly curved from end to end so asto properly fit within the pocket of the user.

A pair of cover or lid sections 6 are hingedly secured to thelongitudinal edges Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 141., 1915.

Serial No. 12,367.

of the open end of the body 5 and are adapted when moved to the positionillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, to close the holder or case, and exposethe ends of the cigarettes 7 disposed in the holder or case. Themarginal portions 8 of the sections 6 are preferably shaped so that whenclosed, the sections are shaped conformably with the opposite end oftheholder. Each section 6. is provided ad acent its opposite ends withextensions 9 normally disposed within the body 5 and adapted to receivetherebetween the enlarged end 10 of a spring locking member 11, theopposite end of which is secured at 12 to the body 5. Enlarged or freeends of the spring locking members 11 are formed at their opposite endswith notches or shoulders 13 behind which the extensions 9 of thesections 6 are adapted to engage to lock the latter in closed position.A button 14 is secured intermediate the ends of each spring lockingmember 11 and projects outwardly through an aperture formed in the body5, whereby the locking members may be moved inwardly to release the armsor extensions 9 and permit the sections 6 to swing to open positionunder the influence of the springs 15. The spring locking members 11 andcoiiperating parts are partially inclosed by partitions 16 arrangedadjacent the opposite ends of the bodv 5 designed to prevent injury tothe cigarettes contained in the holder by the operation of the lockingdevice.

The springs 15 for one cover or lid section 6 are engaged with theangularly directed ends 17 of a presser or clamping bar 18 arranged inspaced relation and parallel with the hinge rod of the sections 6 andadapted to engage the cigarettes 7 to yieldably retain them againstloose movement within the holder or case. A. plate 20 is secured to oneside wall. of the body 5 opposite the presser bar 18 to brace thecigarettes and prevent the bar 18 from breaking them.

The hinged cover or lid sections 6 are automatically swung to openposition by the tension of the springs 15 when the buttons 14 at theopposite ends of the case or holder are simultaneously pushed inwardly,thus exposing the ends of the cigarettes 7 and permitting any onethereof to be removed, To fill the holder or case with cigarettes, thespring actuated presser bar 18 is moved out Wardly against the tensionof the springs 15 to theposition illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette holder including a body having an open end, coversections hinged to the open end of said body, and a presser barpivotally secured to and projecting out wardly of the open end of saidbody.

2. A cigarette holder including a hollow body, a pair of hinged coversections hinged to the open end of said body, and a spring actuatedpresser bar pivotally secured to and projecting outwardly of the openend of said hollow body.

3. A cigarette holder including a hollow body, a pair of cover sectionshinged to the open end of said body, a presser bar pivotally secured toand projecting outwardly of the open end of said body, and means nor-Copies of this patent may be obtained for mally tending to open one ofsaid cover sections and to move said presser bar inwardly against thecigarette arranged within said body.

4. A cigarette holder including a hollow body having an open end, a pairof cover sections hinged to the open end of said body, a presser barpivotally secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end of saidbody, and a plate secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end ofsaid body and arranged opposite to said pressor bar, and means normallytending to move said presser bar toward said plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH VVALLENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

BERTHA WALLENSTEIN, CHAS. E. DORNETTE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,D. C.

